Art Spiegelmanhas been a staff artist and contributing editor at"The New Yorker, "as well as the cofounder/coeditor of"RAW," the acclaimed magazine of avant-garde comics and graphics. In addition to"Maus" which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and twice nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award he is the author of"Breakdowns"and"In the Shadow of No Towers." He lives in New York City with his wife, Francoise Mouly . . . and a cat."